IG orders manhunt for killers of policemen

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered a manhunt for the killers of 12 policemen, who were murdered in Bayelsa State last Friday.

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta had claimed that its fighters killed the policemen, whose boat was ambushed in Azuzama, Southern Ijaw.

The group said the deaths were to teach the security forces a lesson for scorning its warning.

The militant group had last week announced that it would resume attacks on the oil rich Niger Delta by Friday to avenge alleged collaboration between the Federal Government and South Africa to jail its former leader, Henry Okah.

But Police commissioner in Bayelsa, Kingsley Omire, said the killing of his men had nothing to do with MEND’s threat, noting that the policemen were only missing and their whereabouts were still a subject of intense search.

Omire had blamed the fate of the policemen on a dispute between the gunmen and the government over their amnesty payments.

The killing of the policemen came barely a month after the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Chinweike Asadu, was gunned down in Enugu while visiting his family.

But rising from a meeting with the Police Management Team at the Force headquarters, Abuja on Monday, the IG said he had given an order that the killers be brought to justice.

The IG said this was the best post-humous honour that could be given to the fallen policemen.

Abubakar, who spoke through the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said the police would stop at nothing to ensure that the killers were brought to book soon.

The IG stated that following the frequent attacks on his officers, the Force had devised a new standard of operations aimed at reducing fatalities and attacks on them.

He described the latest killing as a sad reminder of the danger faced by policemen while on national duty, noting that the country was passing through its most challenging period.

Abubakar said, “The death of the 12 police officers on legitimate national assignment is sad, unfortunate and the police will stop at nothing to ensure that the killers are brought to book as soon as possible.

“The time is tough and the race against crime is tight, but with support from all Nigerians and all tiers of government, police and other security agencies will restore national security soon.”

Supported. Niga is really a pay master. I want the yahoo boys to think of good format for the present govt and believe me they will fall well well and guy men go chop.

abiodun johnson

Beautiful.

Orlando

Start to hack the politicians, presidency and govs personal accounts and you will get ur amnesty and state pardon. Crime pays well in 9ja. Yahoo boys wake up.

abiodun johnson

IG, sir, you can only order a manhunt for humans.

monkeyhunt

abioo, are they not from the creek, abeg Mr. IG just order monkeyhunt, just note that they are same with boko haram plai terrorists. but come is this not a shame on nigeria police, nobody kills american police and go free, u will pay for it, well in this case sa, they were not killed by human beings but monkeys.

noumitondji medard

the worst mistake GEJ made was to appoint this IGP who was forced on him by Sultan of Sokoto.
Look at what is happening now,Sultan promised GEJ that this guy will fish out abi manhunt Boko Haram leaders uptill now he has done nothing if not the military intervention Igbo`s would have all been dead in the north.
GEJ you cannot use an hausa man to fight BH if you want to achieve good result.Change your way by making a Yoruba or Ibo man ur IGP to combat this guys otherwise you are not making any progress even granting Amnesty will fail.

ozone

MEND is a terrorist. They needed to be handled with tough and iron hand hencefort after a lot of international spendings on all this criminals by the FG

Abami-Eda

IG sir, why don’t you order a manhunt for those your policemen who regularly kill hundreds of innocent Nigerians every year and go scot free?

Yit

Abi ooooo.the IG never said anything when innocent citizens are killed by police assassin.stupid man

tolu samuel

@YITPlease let be mindful of our language here, much as you have your right of speech which is foundermental.

francis

help me ask am oooo my friend

noumitondji medard

FG and USA have not labelled MEND terrorist,the group the called terrorist is BOKO HARAM have nothing has been done about them let alone MEND,because of BH US has labelled Nigeria as a terrorist country yet this COCONUT HEAD IGP could not do much.senseless man

Francis

i agree with you

jman

Please grant the yahoo boy Amnesty and State pardon so police can allow dem to be..

Frank

Those in support say I!, against say nay ! The I has it So carry go but dont tamper with my ATMooooooooooo

http://runningjimi.wordpress.com/ Jimi Oke

Nigeria is a densely populated country. We don’t even know how many we are! Isn’t it common sense that one Inspector cannot be reasonably tasked to police the entire nation-state? Sheer madness! Decentralize policing and see a massive turnaround in law enforcement.

endy

The NPF is one organization that sees no good in saying something as it is. Imagine a COP claiming that ‘the policemen were only missing and their whereabouts were still a subject of intense search’. The NPF does not only lie to the Nigerian public but to itself as well.

http://www.facebook.com/jemes.emmanuel Jemes Emmanuel

isreal seculity is every body becuse day are equall.every body have work eving folliners.every friday or monday non idiging go to imigration office to sign

Ayo

Thank you for that…they are a good example of people who value security most in the world

BBC

THEM JUST DEY PARAMBULATE AND THEM STILL DEY FOR SAME SAME PLACE,NIGERIANS AND THE IDIOTS THEY HAVE FOR LEADERS ARE DRAGGING THE NATION DOWN A BLIND ALLEY.SHAME ON YOU ALL.

Efe1

Na today? Empty order!

noumitondji medard

This guy is clueless.How many states does he commission before he was promoted the IGP?
Those 5 DIGs that was retired has more knowledge about policing and combating crimes more than him but cos of politics they were retired.
GEJ made a very big mistake cos he had 3 ibos,1 hausa and 1 yoruba to choose from but he was convinced and he made a wrong decision.

hammerhouseofhorror

IG is just playing. He is not ready to catch the perpetrators. How can you order manhunt in such a riverine as Bayelsa? You need to order your men to FISH OUT the perpetrators. With that he will get result, but manhunt, this is a no no.

Iwuanyanwu B.C

funny man lol

tamino benson

We need amnesty and state pardon for yahoo boyz.

kankuro

@tamino: Confirm, I hail.. Over make sense… lol… Also amnesty for the Nigerian police, kidnappers, corrupt politicians, fake pastors, oil bunkerers and armed robbers…Infact everyone in naija must to get this amnesty… Oga Goodluck… Na your hand e dey ooo… I sing, ” All we are saying, give amnesty X3.. Lol..

Cheliz

IG make u lead the squard if u no fear death

Ayo

We need a country where they value the security of not only the civilians but also the least in rank of its force-men. That is why a single citizen in the US will not fall for nothing.

philipe de pip

What a Sad loss.!!! These Guys were on duty,their Normal duty,a role to ensure peace and security for the Nation. They were people like us,faithful at their duty –post,struggling,hardworking Nigerians,who happens to be clad in police uniform,yet they were mortals,humans,neighbours,fathers,uncles,colleagues relations. Willing to work,willing to Serve,now at the cost of their lives. May their Soul rest Peacefully. May everyone especiallly relations and loved ones be comforted and cönsoled…….

freemoni

I like d current IG. I think he is Godsent, honest and dedicated to his duties. May God help him to succeed where almost all others failed. We commend Pres Goodluck for many good appointment he made frm d North-Mukhtar CJN, Prof Jega and d current I G of Police. But pls let me remind d IG that MEND has claimed responsibility for the massacre so d Police should simply march to South Afrcan prison and arrest Okah. QED

noumitondji medard

Your recommendation is good but the IGP is not doing well at all,he is not qualified to be the IGP but was proposed to GEJ to help fight BH,I am yet to see how many BH he as killed.This are his brothers how can he kill them?He is only pretending to be working my brother nothing.

JJOSH

“But Police commissioner in Bayelsa, Kingsley Omire, said the killing of
his men had nothing to do with MEND’s threat, noting that the policemen
were only missing and their whereabouts were still a subject of intense
search.” CLOWNS ARE THEY DEAD OR MISSING. YOU CANNOT CLAIM MURDER IF YOU HAVENT FOUND THE BODIES OR IS THERE SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT TELLING THE PUBLIC……

noumitondji medard

My brother they are deceiving their self,there is no atom of truth in what they are saying.those 12 guys are dead long ago.

Morgan

The Baylesa PPRO denied the statement that any of her men is missing and that nothing of such happened, now the IG is ordering for manhunt, we are still in the bondage of the “Oga At The Top” disease. You say something else and your state commission is on another phase, better put your house in order before coming out to the public, this killings in the nation is not about changing uniforms for the police force and making public statement of what you and your weaklings can’t achieve.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Dede-Rocs/100000899566273 Dede Rocs

Nigeria security is a mess,the police are not properly trained,they focus on bribes not thier work that why they get killed anyhow

http://www.facebook.com/mvoamateri Moses Vincent Amateri

You cannot say a person is drowned or confirm dead until at least the corpse is found, and being in the river, it is not unlikely that mammy water may be keeping and treating these men and therefore may surface just like that at any time, it happens like that sometimes. So both the COP and IG were right not to categorically claim their men were dead, at least until corpses are found. Information dissemination sometimes in circumstances as this need to be diplomatic not to send panic and fear in the minds of others, until gradually the truth creeps in whether they are dead or found alive, but by then the impact of negativity will not be too hardly felt by the bereaved relations. Even in the Western world, you don’t announce publicly death or provide name of a soldier/marine in combat zone, until the relations are carefully and respectfully notified to mitigate the sudden shock.

Femosilla

The IG said he has given order that those responsible for the killing of the 12 Police men must be brought to book, his Police Commissioner said the 12 Police men are only missing and search are underway to find them. What a disorganized police force.

noumitondji medard

My brother,they are clueless

charles

without the police we can do nothing, now policemen die fools,criminals are happy, all who comment against the police here are fools

ginger

That is for those in their right senses.Cos these noise makers cannot have time for that in a state of anarchy

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bangoma

The police force though full of criminals ,does not justify d killings of these men who are basically carrying out orders from above.its left to d govt to restructure d police force.How on earth can a terrorist organisation like MEND N BOKO HARAM be given amnesty?This groups shld have been swiped out in d first instance,but cos d govt itself is corrupt this kind of killing will surely increase.God help us all.

noumitondji medard

Amnesty controlled MEND and Niger Delta to a greater extent but Amnesty cannot control BH at all cos the are all in the Northern region and this will cost FG more than 5 states budget to maintain.GEJ think twice dont start what you cannot finish,stopping on the way will be more deadly than what is happening now.

abass jelili

I like IGP talking tough when one policemen or important person is killed. I hope those that killed a serving Comm. of police are found before the present IGP filed his papers as a refugee running away from Killers in a juicy european country like Afeez Ringin is doing now. He wants to be a refugee because of BH. Nigeria jagajaga.

The Truth

It is painful to say that Nigeria is at it again. For how
long would we continue to destroy God’s creatures and cause everlasting pains
in families? Why do we value our own life and waste other peoples live? Just
last week MEND threatened that they were going to start their reprisal attacks
on oil installations. What I don’t know is the genesis of this reprisal. Is it
in connection to Henry Orkar’s trial and sentence in far away South Africa? It
is shameful to me as a Nigerian that a Nigerian committed an offence in Nigeria
and rather than trying him in Nigeria where the offence is committed as
required, he was tried outside the place, where the offence was committed. If I
may ask, who are the witnesses? I cannot disagree with those schools of
thoughts who did say that the trial was political. In fact, if I may ask, what
is the economic benefit of South Africa government in the trial of Orkar? Is
Orkar from South Africa or Nigeria? What of the Abuja that was bombed, is it in
South Africa or Nigeria? And in the aftermath of this judgment, who is it that
suffers? Nigerians, isn’t it? What a shame! And what a pain! Twelve able bodied
policemen killed without any war at hand. It is unbelievable because just last
week, MEND threatened to start their attacks. And now, they have made that
threat a reality with the killings of these officers. And now the IG of police
is saying that the police will do everything possible to fish out those
killers. How? The IG and the Bayelsia State Commissioner of Police owe
Nigerians an explanation as to the mission of the 12 officers to the place
where they were captured and killed especially at the period when MEND has sent
out a red alert. Why? Why? Why? My pain is that, no sooner than latter
Nigerians will watch another drama, which would not be different from what they
have watched before in the previous murders, that is the indiscriminate raid
and arrest of innocent citizens from what the police will describe as robbers
hideout. Many people on daily basis suffer for offences that they did not
commit. God will save Nigeria.

donik

IG,i HOPE ALL YOUR MEN WHO FELL VICTIM TO THE ATTACK WERE ARMED? SOMETIMES YOU SEE A NUMBER OF POLICE ,SOME ARE ARMED AND OTHERS WILL BE CARRYING ORDINARY BATON. EQUIP POLICE WITH LATEST WEAPON AND ENSURE THEY ARE ALERT AT ALL TIMES IN VIEW OF SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING OUR NATION. MAY THE SOULS OF THE DEAD POLICE MEN REST IN PEACE WHILE THE KILLERS ARE ANSWERABLE FOR THEIR DASTARDLY ACT.

GBURUGBURU

In a country where crime is rewarded, Criminals become more influential than the Government of the day.

Ajayi olupona

We all know that even after their arrest , they would all be soon greeted with amnesty ! May God save those residing in Nigeria !

Ajayi olupona

Why waste your time ordering their arrest while amnesty is already waiting for them ?

agbobu

YOU MAY WISH TO NOTE THIS THAT 10 DECOMPOSED
BODIES OF THE MISSING POLICE PERSONNEL HAVE BEEN DISCORVERED BY THE POLICE IN BAYASA STATECAN THIS BE HAPPENING IN PRESENT DAY NIGERIA? THEN NIGERIA IS NOW A FAILRED STATE. ABOUT A MONTH AGO 30 BODIES WERE DIDCORVERED IN THE SOUTH EAST AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS UP TIL NOW NOT TOLD US WHO THESE DEAD BODIES ARE. IN A SETTLED NATION, IT IS A RESIGNING MATTER, IN NIGERIA IT IE JUST WASHED UNDER THE CARPET. WE ARE IN VERY SERIOUS TROHBLE IN NIGERIA.